Underwear.



A. SCOTT.

UNDERWEAR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 18, I913. 1,2743%. Patented July 30,1918.

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zmvzw R. A. SCOTT.

UNDERWEAR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1B. 1913.

1 74,354. Patented July 3 8.

2 SHEETS-SHE zmvm 1E UNITED STATES PATENT ornron' ROBERT A. SCOTT, OFBOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE PEERLESS KNITTING MILLS. COMPANY,OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

UNDERWEAR.

Application filed November 18, 1913.

able characteristicsv of construction both of the droprfall or drop seatand the side opening eflect union garment, which are so correlated thatbut asingle button is required to effect a complete closure of thegarment and to hold the back flap or drop-fall in closed position, andwhich co-act when the back flap is unbuttoned: to afford an ampleposterior opening free from any binding action upon the body inoperation, and when said back flap is buttoned, to provide a garmentwith positive closing features which prevent gaping. Other objects of myinvention will be obvious to those skilled. in the art from the 80disclosure of a garment embodying it, which I have herein made'for thepurpose of illustration.

Figure l is a front view of a garment embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a back view thereof, the postenior opening being closed andthe legs of the garment being broken away.

Fig. 3 is. a view similar to Fig. 2 with the parts of the garment thrownback to form 40 the posterior opening.

Fig. 4- is a bottorn'plan view o'f'the garment as shown in Fig, 2-.

Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8 are developed views of the parts constituting thegarment, the -sleeve parts; being omitted and the legs being brokenaway.

In the drawings, 1 represents the body of a garment having a front 2,back 3 and leg portions 4, 5. The sections or parts just described maybe of any well known and Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 30, 1918.

Serial No. 801,613.

suitable construction or formation, each in itseli constituting no partof my present invvention. The garment illustrated is knit or woven in awell known manner.

The back of the garment is formed or cut to have a V-shaped opening withthe point of the V uppermost and nearest the waist line. The lines 6 and7 converge to form this opening, each extending from the point 8 at thetop of the V to points 9 and 10, respectively, in the adjacent insideleg seams of the garment.

11 is a triangular shaped gore, preferably made of material possessingsome elasticity.

It is fitted into the V-shaped opening and secured at its adjacent sidesto the adjacent edges 6 and 7 of the garment body.

12 is a gore or back flap having an upper free edge 12, right side freeedge 12 and left side secured edge 12. This gore is cut so as to have atongue 12 at its lower lefthand corner and a V-shaped extension 12between the tongue 12 and the right side free edge 12. The left sideedge 12", illcluding the left side edge of the tongue 12, is sewed tothe edge 7 between the points 8 and 10. The other edge of the tongue 12is sewed to the left leg section along the line 10 and the extension 12is carried under and forward and secured along the lines 10 and 9 ateither side of the point of intersection of the legsections at thecrotch, so as to form a permanently closed crotch. The back flap 12 maybe cut quite fullfladjacent its lower right hand edges or the partswhich form the permanently closed crotch, so as to preclude thepossibility of the garment binding at these points, this fullness of cutnot being sufiicient to cause gaping.

13 is a triangular shaped 'ore extending preferably from a pointadjacent tothe lower right-hand corner of the triangular gore 11 intothe V-shaped opening adjacent the upper end of the right leg section. Itis sewed at its right-hand edge to the body of the garment along theline 6 between the gore 11 and the point 9 in the right leg seam, andalong the line 9 between the point 9 and a point 9 which may be slightlyabove the point 9 at which the lower right hand 1% is a button hole inthe back flap, and" 15 is a button secured to the body of the garment.

i Inorderto expose the posterior opening it is only :necessary tounbutton the one button 15 which normally holds theback flap 12 as aclosure therefor, whereupon the -;right-hand free corner of the backflap may fall, downwardly and be moved or swung to the left about theline 7. The free. edge 13 of the gore 13 may be: swung or moved to theright, and since the triangular gore 11 is formed of. elastic materialor material possessingsome elasticity, the distance between the lines 6and 7 adjacent the posterior opening mayxbeincreased against the saidelasticity of the gore 11.- This insures a posterior opening of ampleproportions and i one, the boundaries of which, will not blnd the bodyof the wearer. When it is desired to close the posterior opening, theupper end of the gore 13 and the upperleft-hand corner iof the back flap12 are drawn. toward each other by the contraction of the. lower end oredges of the triangular gore 11, as soon. as

the gore 11 is free to contract, and the free edge13 of the gore 13positions itself .against the body and underneath the free edge of theback flap 12.

'free upper corner of theback flap 12 may .be again buttoned to thebutton 15.

Thereupon the The parts constituting my garment are constructed andarranged so that the posterioropening may be exposed without thenecessity of operating the fastening meansfor the back flap 12.. .Thisis accomplished merely by pushing tothe left the free edge of the-backflap 12 and to the right the free edge .of the gore 13. I prefer,however, to provide the'garment with suitable fastening means,,s'uch asherein described and illustrated, in order that the upper free corner ofthe back flap 12 may bereadily unfastened and thrown-back in the eventthe garment shrinks at any time, or-for any other desired purpose. I

To. those skilled inthe art of making devices-50f the class described,many alterations in construction and widely differing embodiments andapplications of my invent on will suggest themselves, without departingfrom.

the spirit and'scope thereof. My disclosures and the description hereinare purely illustrative, and are not intended to be in any senselimiting.

lVhat I claim is 1. An undergarment having a body in cluding legsections, formed with an opening the walls of which converge to a pointadjacent the waist line and to points in each of said leg sections,respectively, aback flap secured at one side edge to said body betweenthe point of said opening adjacent said waist line and said point in oneof said legsections, and having an extension carried forward and securedto said body between the leg sections to form a permanently closedcrotch, the upper, edge and other side edge ofsaid backfiap being' free,a gore "secured to the otherside wall of said. opening. and having aprojection extending intoand secured to the converging walls of saidopening in the adjacent leg section, the said back flap when-inclosedposition overlapping the free edge of said gore and afasteningdevice between the upper free corner of said back flap and the body. H

- 2.. An. undergarment having a body formed with a permanently closed.crotch, andan. opening bounded byhnes WhlCll converge to a point nearthe waist'of the garment,a

gore secured at either side to the adjacent edge wall of said openingnear' its upper end,

the lower edge of said gore forming-the'upper boundary of the'posterioropening for the garment, a back flap secured at one Sld edge. to saidbody and'arranged to close said:

posterior opening, and a fastening device 'for. detachably connectingthe free side of said back flap to the body.

3. An und ergarment having a body formed opening bounded by lines whichconverge to a point near the waist of the. garment,- -a

' triangular gore secured at either side to the adjacent edge wallofsaid opening near its upper end, the lower edge of said triangular goreforming the upper boundary of the posterior opening for the garment, aback-flap secured at oneside edge to said body and arranged to closesaid posterior opening,

'with a permanentlyclosed crotch, and an V and a fasteningdevice fordetachably connecting the free side oflsaid back flap tothe body.

I 4. Anundergarment having a body formed with an opening, a gore securedabove its lower edge to the adjacent walls" of said opening, theloweredge of said gore-forming the upper boundary of the posterioropening for the garment, a back flap secured at one side to said body,arranged to close 'SELld posterior opening and' formingat its lower endwith said body-a permanently closcd crotch, and a fastening device fordetachably connecting the free side' 'ofsaid be k rey.

5. An undergarment having a body with it posterior opening, one side ofwhich is formed by the free edge of u gore, the upper end of which isformed by the :free edge of another gore, and the other side of which isbounded by the edge of a back flap secured to the body of the garment,said back flap at its lower end forming with the body :1 permanentlyclosed crotch and. having its upper and outside edges free, and afastening de- 10 vice between the upper outside corner of the buck flapand the body.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

ROBERT A. SCOTT. \Vitnesses ino. L. HUN'rnnss, LENA M. CAMPBELL.

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